Research progress and challenges in laser-controlled cleaning of aluminum alloy surfaces

J Deng, G Zhao, J Lei, L Zhong, Z Lei - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aluminum alloys have been widely utilized in automobiles, aircraft, building structures, and
high-speed railways industries due to their excellent structural and mechanical properties …

Removal mechanism of blue paint on aluminum alloy substrate during surface cleaning using nanosecond pulsed laser

D Zhang, J Xu, Z Li, K Li, C Wang, D Shan… - Optics & Laser …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents laser cleaning of blue polyurethane paint on Al-Mg series aluminum
alloy substrate by using a nanosecond pulsed laser. Experiments were conducted at the …

Numerical simulation of paint strip** on CFRP by pulsed laser

H Yang, H Liu, R Gao, X Liu, X Yu, F Song… - Optics & Laser …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite is widely used in aerospace industry.
The protective paint on the CFRP of aircraft needs to be removed after reaching a certain …

An environmentally friendly laser cleaning method to remove oceanic micro-biofoulings from AH36 steel substrate and corrosion protection

Y Lu, Y Ding, ML Wang, LJ Yang, Y Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
An environmentally friendly nanosecond ultraviolet (UV) laser is employed in laser cleaning
micro biofouling from the Fe substrate surface. The morphologies and chemical …

Removal mechanisms of nanosecond pulsed laser cleaning of blue and red polyurethane paint

D Zhang, J Xu, Z Li, Y **, X Su, D Shan, B Guo - Applied Physics A, 2022 - Springer
In this study, laser cleaning of blue and red polyurethane paint on aluminum alloy surface
were investigated by using a nanosecond pulsed laser at 1.8, 3.2 and 8.0 J/cm2. The …

Evaluation of laser cleaning for defouling of marine biofilm contamination on aluminum alloys

Z Tian, Z Lei, X Chen, Y Chen - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The environmental friendliness short-pulsed laser removal of marine biofilm contamination
developed on the surfaces of aluminum alloy substrates was innovatively applied. Natural …

[HTML][HTML] Precise paint strip** based on photochemical effect by UV laser on honeycomb sandwich panel

J Gu, X Su, Y **, W Li, S Li, J Xu, B Guo - Journal of Materials Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
As an environmentally friendly new method for coating removal, laser cleaning has been
widely used in aircraft skin paint removal recently. However, due to the thermal damage …

Mechanism and threshold fluence of nanosecond pulsed laser paint removal

Q Sun, JZ Zhou, XK Meng, JN Yang, ZH Guo, M Zhu… - Rare Metals, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, the nanosecond pulse laser surface treatment of the waterborne anti-rust paint
on HT250 gray cast iron was carried out. The area and depth of the per-pulse laser ablation …

Experimental and numerical simulation analysis of laser paint removal of aluminum alloy

R Miao, T Wang, T Yao, S Hu, X Huang… - Journal of Laser …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
This work simulates the process of nanosecond pulse laser cleaning of acrylic paint on 7075
aluminum alloy surfaces by establishing a finite element, three-dimensional, numerical …

Laser-assisted method for cleaning and analysis of archaeological metallic coins

RA Rezk, NA Abdel Ghany, AM Mostafa - Coatings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Metal coins discovered during archaeology have artistic and cultural value. Careful cleaning
is required for artifact conservation. Metal artifacts must be cleaned to remove corrosion …